2012 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Bahrain
Grand Prix:	2nd Bahrain
Round No:	3
Season No:	12
Year:	2012
Location:	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	3.359
Course Km:	5.412
Date R1:	27 April
Laps R1:	32
Pole Driver Country:	NED
Pole Driver:	Giedo van der Garde
Pole Team:	Caterham Racing
Pole Time:	1:42.451
First Driver Country R1:	ITA
First Driver R1:	Davide Valsecchi
First Team R1:	DAMS
Second Driver Country R1:	SUI
Second Driver R1:	Fabio Leimer
Second Team R1:	Racing Engineering
Third Driver Country R1:	NED
Third Driver R1:	Giedo van der Garde
Third Team R1:	Caterham Racing
Fast Driver Country R1:	UK
Fast Team R1:	Lotus GP
Fast Time R1:	1:43.964
Fast Lap R1:	28
Date R2:	28 April
Laps R2:	23
First Driver Country R2:	FRA
First Driver R2:	Tom Dillmann
First Team R2:	Rapax
Second Driver Country R2:	BRA
Second Driver R2:	Luiz Razia
Second Team R2:	Arden International
Third Driver Country R2:	ITA
Third Driver R2:	Davide Valsecchi
Third Team R2:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R2:	UK
Fast Team R2:	iSport International
Fast Time R2:	1:46.064
Fast Lap R2:	2

The 2012 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Series round was the third round of the 2012 GP2 Series. It was held on 27 and 28 April 2012 at Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain. The first Bahrain round was held a week earlier.

Davide Valsecchi won the feature race, with Rapax driver Tom Dillmann taking his first GP2 Series win in the second sprint.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	1:42.451	1
2	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	1:42.596	2
3	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:42.619	3
4	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:42.628	4
5	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	1:42.691	5
6	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	1:42.839	6
7	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	1:42.951	7
8	2	Dani Clos	Barwa Addax	1:43.080	8
9	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	1:43.124	9
10	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	1:43.163	10
11	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	1:43.172	11
12	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	1:43.206	12
13	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	1:43.213	13
14	24	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	1:43.219	14
15	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:43.311	15
16	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	1:43.328	16
17	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	1:43.391	17
18	14	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	1:43.447	18
19	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	1:43.453	19
20	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax	1:43.599	20
21	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	1:43.659	21
22	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	1:43.757	22
23	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	1:43.929	23
24	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	1:44.100	24
25	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	1:44.850	25
26	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:45.036	26
Source:^[1]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	32	57:35.088	2	27
2	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	32	+7.711	3	18
3	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	32	+14.824	1	19
4	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	32	+24.142	6	12
5	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	32	+24.705	4	10
6	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	32	+40.965	5	8
7	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	32	+50.645	9	6
8	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	32	+52.522	10	4
9	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax	32	+55.578	20	2
10	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	32	+56.211	13	1
11	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	32	+1:05.772	11
12	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	32	+1:06.906	16
13	24	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	32	+1:07.254	14
14	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	32	+1:15.486	23
15	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	32	+1:16.363	21
16	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	32	+1:20.506	22
17	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	32	+1:21.441	24
18	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	32	+1:29.206	7
19	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	32	+1:29.955	19
20	14	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	32	+1:47.146	18
21	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	31	+1 lap	12
22	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	31	+1 lap	26
23	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	31	+1 lap	25
24	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	30	Retired	17
Ret	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	24	Retired	15
Ret	2	Dani Clos	Barwa Addax	8	Retired	8
Source:^[2]

Notes:

• — Felipe Nasr and Rodolfo González were both issued with twenty-second time penalties after the race for ignoring yellow flags.^[3]
• — Jolyon Palmer was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Tom Dillmann	Rapax	23	41:16.276	1	15
2	23	Luiz Razia	Arden International	23	+0.198	5	14
3	3	Davide Valsecchi	DAMS	23	+3.958	8	10
4	10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Lotus GP	23	+16.488	10	8
5	4	Felipe Nasr	DAMS	23	+18.602	11	6
6	27	Rio Haryanto	Carlin	23	+20.425	3	4
7	7	Marcus Ericsson	iSport International	23	+26.294	2	2
8	5	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	23	+29.605	7	1
9	14	Fabio Onidi	Scuderia Coloni	23	+33.490	20
10	6	Nathanaël Berthon	Racing Engineering	23	+34.078	12
11	25	Nigel Melker	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+43.463	19
12	9	James Calado	Lotus GP	23	+44.371	16
13	26	Max Chilton	Carlin	23	+46.743	4
14	17	Julián Leal	Trident Racing	23	+47.439	15
15	11	Rodolfo González	Caterham Racing	23	+54.991	18
16	24	Brendon Hartley	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+59.764	13
17	16	Stéphane Richelmi	Trident Racing	23	+1:00.655	17
18	14	Stefano Coletti	Scuderia Coloni	23	+1:02.090	21
19	12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham Racing	23	+1:02.632	6
20	20	Ricardo Teixeira	Rapax	23	+1:07.468	23
21	19	Giancarlo Serenelli	Venezuela GP Lazarus	23	+1:08.293	22
22	8	Jolyon Palmer	iSport International	23	+1:18.688	24
23	18	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	23	+1:26.049	26
24	22	Simon Trummer	Arden International	21	Retired	14
Ret	2	Dani Clos	Barwa Addax	19	Retired	25
Ret	1	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Barwa Addax	0	Retired	9
Source:^[4]

Notes:

• — Fabrizio Crestani was given a five grid position penalty for ignoring yellow flags during Feature race.^[3]
• — Simon Trummer was classified as having finished the race, as he had completed 90% of the winners race distance.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Davide Valsecchi	107
	2	Luiz Razia	83
	3	Esteban Gutiérrez	54
1	4	Max Chilton	45
2	5	Fabio Leimer	41

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	DAMS	135
	2	Lotus GP	93
	3	Arden International	84
	4	Carlin	61
	5	Racing Engineering	42

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 GP2 Bahrain Qualifying Results. 7 January 2022. Motorsportstats.com.
2. Web site: 2012 GP2 Bahrain Feature race Results. 7 January 2022. Motorsportstats.com.
3. News: Sakhir post Feature Race penalties. GP2 Series. GP2 Series Limited. 27 April 2012. 27 April 2012.
4. Web site: 2012 GP2 Bahrain Sprint race Results. 7 January 2022. Motorsportstats.com.